Long Beach State: A Brief History

Long Beach State grew up right along with the sprawling Southern California suburbs. Born in 1949, it swelled to accommodate the post-world war enthusiasm for education and land. The rapid expansion brought its share of growing pains. Students took classes in a cramped converted apartment with no books and playing ring-around-the-rosie for physical education. Money was scarce, and faculty at times feuded with the administration. But the new college's "let's put on a show" spirit produced a scrappiness that endures today. Read about the personalities that grew the college from Fred Bixby's bean fields into one of the largest universities in California.

• | Author: Barbara Kingsley-Wilson
• | Publisher: History Press Library Editions
• | Publication Date: Aug 24, 2015
• | Number of Pages: 162 pages
• | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
• | ISBN-10: 1540210863
• | ISBN-13: 9781540210869